Valve for gas-lighting systems for automobiles.



A. LUTENEGGBR.

VALVE FOR GAS LIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION HLED DB0. ze, 1910.

1,040,71 2. Patented oen. s, 1912.

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omiten savantes ALBERT LUTENEGGER, OF SACRAMENTO,

CALIFORNIA.

VALVE FOR GAS-LIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

VPatented Oct. 8,191.2.

Application led December 28, 1910. Serial No. 599.882.

To all urto/m it may conca/rn.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT Lu'rnNuenen, a citizen o't the United States, residing at thicramento, in the county oit Sacramento and State of California.. have invented new and useful Improvenwnls in Valves tor llas Lighting Systems tcr Anh mobiles. o l' whirh the following is a specilicalif n.

The present invention provides lnovel means whereby the gas lamps oit a vehicle, such as an automobile, may be lighted at any time without requiring the machine to be stopped or the operator to dismount.

The invention contemplates a valve in a system whereby all the lamps of a machine have connection with the gas tank or other source of gas supply and whereby each of the burners is included in an electric circuit so that when the gas is turned on and the circuit closed the lamps will be lighted.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combina* tions of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing, forming a. part o't the application, Figure 1 is a detail view of a system embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail of the gas controlling valve.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all the views of the drawing, by the same reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates a number of burners which are supplied with gas Yfrom a tank A, or other source of supply, by means of pipes or tubes 7.

The numeral 2 designates a spark gap between two electrodes 13 and 14, which are supported upon each burner by means of a clamp il--10. A spark coil B is connected by means ol` wires 6 with the electrodes '11i which are electrically insulated at 3 from the burners. Tires 8 connect the spark coil with a battery C or other source of electric supply. A push button 9 is conveniently located in the circuit to admit o'll making and breaking the same to produce a spark at each ot' the gaps 2 so as to ignite the gas when the same is turned on.

The foregoing features, though essential to the lighting system, form no part of the thm-aie o-'l the several pipes. The coupling end 1S is the inlet and the pipe leading` from the tank A is connected thereto. The conpling ends 17 correspond to the outlets and the pipes leading to the burners have connection therewith. The stem 16 is provided at its outer end with a hand wheel 19 and is threaded into the cap Q0, which closes one end of the valve casing 15, said cap also constituting a stuiling box for confining the packing, whereby a tight joint is maintained between the stem 16 and valve casing 15. A plug Q1 is threaded into the opposite end of the valve casing 15 and has a passage 22 which is in connnunication with the coupling ends 17, said passage intersecting with a. passage 23 formed centrally within the plug 21 and forming a seat to receive t-he needle end oil the stem 1G. The plug 21 when removed admits oi any obstructing matter being removed from the valve casing and also ot having the passage Q2 cleared of any matter tending to obstruct the same. A dial 211 supports the valve casing 15 and is provided upon its face with indicating matter, which in conjunction with the hand wheel 19 indicates the degree ot' opening of the valve. The dial 24 may be secured to the dash board or other convenient part of the machine and the push button or circuit closer 9 is located within convenient reach of the gas controlling valve, so that aft'ter the gas has been turned on the igniting circuit may be completed to produce a spark at each of the burners which will ignite the escaping gas. after which the valve may be turned to the required point indicated by the dial 24 so as to produce a light oli given power.

Freni the foregoing description, taken in connection with the acmnnpanying drawing, the advantages ot' the construction and of the method ot operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertaius, and while I have described the principle o't operation of the invention. together with the device which I now consideiiti'l be the embodiment thereof,

I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are Within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

l. In a valve for a gas lighting systermv the Combination of a Casing having openings in its sides, a plug removably fitted to an end of the easing and having a passage to register with certain openings in the sides of the easing, said plug being further provided With a second passage forming a valve seat which intersects the first mentioned passage, and a valve threaded into the opposite end of the casing and adapted to enter the said second passage and close the first nientioned passage.

2. In a valve for a gas lighting` system, the combination of a easing having openings in its sides7 a plug threaded into an end of the casing and closing the same, said plug having intersecting passages, the one adapted to register with the openings in the sides of the casing and the other passage forming a valve seat, a cap threaded upon the opposite end of the casing, and a valve having screwthread connection With the eap and adapted to Close the second passage in the before mentioned plug.

3. In a valve for a gas lighting system, the combination of a dial, a easing supported by means of said dial and having an inlet opening and outlet openings in its sides, a plug threaded into an end of the casing for closing the same and having a passage to register with the outlet openings of the casing, said plug having a second passage intersecting the first mentioned passage and forming a valve seat. a cap fitted to the opposite end of the easing, a valve threaded in said cap and adapted to enter the second Ipassage of ihe before mentioned plug, and a hand Wheel tted to the outer end of the valve and adapted to cooperate with the dial.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tvvo Witnesses.

ALBERT LUTENEGGER. Vitnesses:

L. T. ALEN,

B. B. KEYES.

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Washington, D. C. 

